Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember (more...) what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God/ess, whatever you conceive Hir to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy

Well since this place is much more quite, I have taken to exploring face book. A few of us have been trying to raise the overall vibration of that forum (though it may seem somewhat futile). If you are there and want to be my Allie, hit me up.

www.well.com/~davidu/mithras.html

The ancient Roman religion known as the Mithraic mysteries has captivated the imaginations of scholars for generations. There are two reasons for this fascination. First, like the other ancient "mystery religions," such as the Eleusinian mysteries and the mysteries of Isis, Mithraism maintained strict secrecy about its teachings and practices, revealing them only to initiates. As a result, reconstructing the beliefs of the Mithraic devotees has posed an enormously intriguing challenge to scholarly ingenuity. Second, Mithraism arose in the Mediterranean world at exactly the same time as did Christianity, and thus the study of the cult holds the promise of shedding vital light on the cultural dynamics that led to the rise of Christianity.

And merry yule to all.

I had to repost this post from my Friend Rachel Sun. She is....once again, Spot on!

"Okay so they are doing it!
They have successfully rerouted the attention of us stoner liberals again.


Do any of us recall the excitement on the night of the Democratic convention?
It was fresh and people began for a minute to believe that change is possible. It was refreshing to hear someone saying things that made some sense, whether or not we believed he could do it, it was relieving to hear someone say it goddamn it...

(and it is very possible, we, as a collective, just keep changing to more of what we are looking at, which is usually what is, and so we keep changing, in every second to more of the bullshit that is being flung in our faces, instead of changing things to what we would like it to be. But then... we'd have to look toward the positive change to get there. And somehow we keep getting sidetracked by what we are trying to run away from.
)

You see, "they" know that, they are fully aware that collective consciousness is what shapes what we live. So what a better way to take the "conscious forward thinking" minds off the subject of what we would like to create, than throwing this gun toting, wolf killing, creepypsycho christian redneck bitch into the mix? Absolutely fucks up the rotation.


They derailed the momentum that had been quickened at the DNC, in one foul swoop.


And we bought it. Look at us.... Circulating nasty stomach turning emails about this woman... So focused on the dark side that some of us are sick as we magnify it, because we are magnifying it.


And that is precisely where we need to be to give her our energetic vote... and hand them the seat. AGAIN.


That placement was such a blatant display of how stupid women are considered to be in the creepy mind of "the Man," but it was an even more blatant attack on the "conscious" leading edge. Many of us have been hornswaggled (and with ease I might add) into refocusing our attention to the fear and disgust that they need us to resonate in order to steal the election again.


Happens every time.


We get sucked into the game, and we keep falling for it, they pull it off again and we say, shit man they stole it... AGAIN! And we continue to focus on their bullshit, get fed up, scared, pissed off (it feels so godawful because, those feelings are just our real intuition telling us to what we are creating with our focus) and then we shoe them in.


Are we too stoned, too much fucking yoga, too much sage, or just plain Stupid?
yes that was a capital S.


I think it is time for me to get on the wagon.


I have spoken my voice in the blog, but I can't be against it any more.

Gotta stop pushing against, and igniting her essence every time I engage in a conversation about the injustice of it all. I'm preaching to the choir when i have those conversations anyway.


I do believe that we can institute the change.... Let's start right now!

On a personal level, I need your help...
If you could please refrain from sending me any more emails, or videos that might sway my mind back to focusing on the creepy stuff.


I need my mind in a good place in order to assist in bringing about the change I would like to see.


On the other hand if you have any triumphant political email to send me, I will appreciate your desire to assist me in tipping the scale in a direction I would like to experience. For all of us.


Sending love and light to all as the sun comes out.


Going to be in it.


We can do this... we just need to get high now, not 'when things change so that we can....'Let's get this party started Right Yall!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!"